The Beginning..
Exploration
Explorers
Dutch
Misc.
100
True or False: Christopher Columbus discovered America.
What is False.
100
Traveling in and through unfamiliar area to learn about it.
What is Exploration or Exploring
100
A New York explorer. Name one.
What is Henry Hudson, Adrian Block, Samuel de Champlain, Giovanni Verrazano.
100
The people of the Netherlands
What is The Dutch.
100
A place of settlement that is ruled by another country.
What is colony.
200
First people living on what is now North America.
What is Native Americans.
200
A water route to Asia through North America.
What is The Northwest Passage
200
New York's Hudson River is named after.
What is Henry Hudson
200
True or False. Netherlands is a country in Europe.
What is True.
200
True or False. Colonization in the New World happened slowly.
What is True
300
Period of time from the 14th century to the 17th century when European Explorers began exploring the world by sea in search of many things.
What is Age of Exploration.
300
Reasons for exploration. Name two.
What is land, riches, and trade.
300
The first European explorer to set up a colony in New York
What is Adrian Block.
300
The main reason the Dutch sent colonists to New York.
What is To Trade
300
Much of the expansion and exploration in North America was a result of this trade.
What is Fur trade
400
The trading company formed by wealthy businessmen.
What is Dutch West India Company
400
A lot of European explorers set out to find this but was were not successful.
What is The Northwest Passage.
400
Another name for the Netherlands
What is Holland.
400
The most popular animal in the new colonies.
What is The beaver
500
Capital of Netherlands
What is Amsterdam
500
The name of the leader that was in charge of the new settlement, known as New Amsterdam.
What is Peter Minuit